After returning, Li Yi did not go to sleep prematurely, but lit candles and started reading.

The ancients said that learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't make progress, you will fall back. Li Yi has been busy traveling for the past two days. He felt dizzy without reading for one day. Now he slowly read a page and got better.

If you think about sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. It does not specifically mean the regression of knowledge, but the regression of learning ability. If you don't read and think for a long time, you will only become less and less accustomed to reading, and naturally your knowledge will deteriorate further.

With these thoughts in his mind, Li Yi found it somewhat interesting.

Now he put the book close to the candlelight and began to study slowly in the quiet night.

When the moon came to the top, he extinguished the candles and went to bed to sleep.

The weather in Beijing was very good the next day. Although it was already cool, it was refreshing.

Li Yi retreated from the door and breathed in the cold air, his originally confused head became much clearer.

He took out his book and looked at the courtyard. He tiptoed a little, and his whole body jumped up like a flying swallow. Then he climbed up the eaves with his palms and stood on the roof.

"The day's plan begins in the morning. It's elegant to be able to read while watching the rising sun." Li Yi smiled and said to himself, then swept the dust with his sleeves and sat down.

Reading on the roof was a habit he developed in Anxin, but at that time he still lived in a thatched house. The roof was covered with thick thatch. Sitting on it was like sitting on a sofa, it was soft.

Very comfortable.

The white frost and mist gradually dissipated, and although the sun had not yet risen, a faint glow of morning light had already appeared in the eastern sky.

Li Yi silently read the words in the book. Although the words were concise, they still had to be read slowly because they involved many allusions.

When the frost and fog dissipated, the door of a bedroom opened. Sun Ce was wearing a blue shirt and robe, holding a book in his hand, and wanted to shake Li Yi's hand.

Li Yi and Sun Ce's rooms were opposite each other, so he got up early in the morning to read and saw Li Yi on the roof at a glance through the window.

At this time, the early sun was gradually rising in the distance, and the red and dyed clouds were very gorgeous. Li Yi jumped down, his robes fluttering, and he had a free and easy temperament.

Sun Ce came over in high spirits and said, "I thought I got up very early, but I didn't expect Zizheng to get up too."

Li Yi smiled and said: "The college examination is coming soon. If you don't work hard, there will be no hope."

Hard work does not mean success, but without hard work you will not succeed.

If Li Yi wanted to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar-official, he had to study hard to prepare for the imperial examination. Otherwise, he might as well go back to Baoding to deal with the missed matters.

Sun Cerium didn't feel anything after hearing this.

Although he had slacked off in his studies after entering Fuguoshe, he was a descendant of the Sun family after all. He had received a good education since he was a child, and he knew the methods of the imperial examination very well. It was not difficult to get into high school in this college examination, but it was just a matter of time.

The question of ranking.

At this time, the old woman in the house got up to cook, and the two of them stopped reading and went to the main hall chatting.

After breakfast, Sun Ce was going out to meet his elders and friends.

Sun Chen was also the son of Sun Chengzong. There were many connections between scholars. When the younger generation came to the capital, he naturally wanted to visit his elders and convey his father's greetings. This is human nature and etiquette.

He originally wanted to take Li Yi with him, saying he wanted to get to know more people, but Li Yi refused.

Since he is the elder Sun Ce, he must be a friend of his mentor. Considering the status of his mentor, these friends must be either rich or noble. Now I am just a familiar face, so there is no need to be so attentive.

Moreover, my mentor has not yet introduced himself as a close disciple to his relatives and friends, and he cannot visit everywhere based on his name, as this will easily attract criticism from others.

Sun Ce left, and Li Yi was in the room reading collections of essays from past college examinations. At this time, the housekeeper's shout came from outside the door.

Li Yi frowned. He was watching intently and didn't want to be disturbed.

"What's the matter?" Li Yi asked loudly.

The housekeeper shouted at the door: "Sir, someone is looking for you outside, saying that they are entrusted to you by an old friend."

Someone is looking for me?

Li Yi was slightly stunned. He didn't know anyone in the capital, so how could anyone come looking for him?

I thought about getting up and opening the door.

The butler said respectfully: "The guest is already in the main hall."

Li Yi said: "I understand, let's go now."

After saying that, I went in, sorted out my pen and ink, and went to the main hall.

When Li Yi walked in and took a look, he was slightly startled.

He never expected that the person who came to see him was actually a teenage woman, wearing a light red dress, sitting on a chair and looking back and forth. Her bright eyes were full of agility, and she looked like a woman with a smart temper.

"Are you looking for me?" Li Yi asked.

The woman looked Li Yi up and down, without any shyness, and asked directly: "Are you Li Yi, Li Zizheng?"

"You came to me, it turns out you don't know what I look like." Li Yi was made to laugh by the little girl's inspection. He grinned and said, "I am Li Yi, and I am guaranteed to be fake."

"Haha, you are an interesting person. Although I don't know what you look like, my senior sister knows. According to her description, I'm afraid you are Li Yi." The girl stood up and saluted.

Said: "Little girl Zhuang Rou."

Li Yi nodded and said: "Miss Zhuang Rou, you just said that your senior sister knows me. Who is your senior sister?"

Zhuang Rou's eyes flashed with a hint of joking, and she said: "My senior sister is thinking about you day and night, but it seems that you have forgotten her. My senior sister is Chen Hongyan."

Hearing the words Chen Hongyan, Li Yi immediately thought of the heroic phantom, and asked hurriedly: "Where is Hongyan now? Why didn't she come?"

After saying this, Zhuang Rou's face fell, she lowered her head and said pitifully: "My senior sister is in prison now."

"What? Hongyan is in the cell?" After hearing Zhuang Rou's words, Li Yi suddenly changed his expression: "Why is she in the cell?"

"It's a long story." Zhuang Rou's eyebrows were picturesque, but her eyes were moving and she was full of energy. She held her face in frustration, looking slightly tired.

Under Li Yi's questioning, Zhuang Rou told the reason why Chen Hongyan was in the cell.

It turned out that Chen Hongyan had come to the capital with the Momen tycoon as soon as An Xin said goodbye. On the one hand, she was to celebrate the new emperor, and on the other hand, she was also trying to persuade the imperial court to provide relief to the victims in the northwest and stop the trend of great changes in the northwest.

But it is a pity that after the fall of the Eunuch Party, when the power was being reshuffled, the ministers in the DPRK and Central Government focused on clearing out the Eunuch Party members and competing for vacant official positions, and did not pay attention to the chaos in the northwest.

In the end, Momen had no choice but to raise some supplies to transport to the northwest for disaster relief. However, something unexpected happened when the supplies were leaving the city. The carriage that was supposed to be tent food was actually loaded with silver, and it was official silver. What was even weirder was that at the same time,

Taicang reported the theft of a batch of 30,000 taels of silver rewarded to the Mongolian Tumut tribe this year.

Therefore, Momen and others were directly arrested and imprisoned by the Wucheng Army Division, including Chen Hongyan.

Hearing this situation, Li Yi's first reaction was that Momen had been framed.

No matter what, it is impossible for the Momen to steal Taicang's silver. Even if it is stolen, it is impossible to put it on a carriage and transport it out. If no one deliberately framed it, it could only be a ghost.

Zhuang Rou looked sad, obviously worried about her master and the world in her cell, which made people feel pity for her.

Li Yi immediately said: "How did you know to come to me? Did your senior sister tell you?"

"This..." At this point, Zhuang Rou felt a little embarrassed and hesitated.

Li Yi didn't expect this lively little girl to have such a coy side, and said with a smile: "What's not easy to say? If you don't explain clearly, I won't save your master and sister."

"No, no." Zhuang Rou's voice was crisp and urgent. Looking at Li Yi's smiling face, she said angrily: "If you don't save my senior sister, you will be ungrateful."

Li Yi was defeated by an army. It seems that this little girl is not stupid.

"Actually, I was able to find you because you are under the supervision of our Momen." Zhuang Rou said in a low voice.

Li Yi was stunned and said: "Supervision, what kind of supervision?"

Zhuang Rou blushed and said: "We in Mo Sect have a list of people who have an influence on the general situation of the world. Once something happens to them, it is likely to cause chaos in the world and the destruction of all living beings. In order to stop it in time, we

Momen will send people to monitor them."

After hearing this, Li Yi finally understood why Zhuang Rou blushed.

She asked herself for help, but she was actually under the surveillance of Momen, which was funny.

It stands to reason that he and Momen have a cooperative relationship, and he has a close relationship with Chen Hongyan. Momen is a bit inferior in doing this, but it is quite special and has no malicious intent, so Li Yi doesn't take it to heart.

At that moment, Li Yi smiled and said: "We'll talk about this later. You said Juzi and Hongyan were both caught, so where are they being held now?"

Seeing that Li Yi was not angry, Zhuang Rou immediately said happily: "They are locked in the cell of Dali Temple."

Hearing this, Li Yi said: "I'm going to find a way to see if I can go to the prison to meet your senior sister tonight. You stay here first."

Saying that, he got up and was about to go out.

Hearing that she was going to be left behind, Zhuang Rou immediately became anxious and pouted, "I'm going too."

Li Yi was in a hurry to rescue Chen Hongyan, so he couldn't take her as a little girl with him. He said solemnly: "You stay here, you can't go there. When I come back, you can accompany me to see my senior sister tonight."

Seeing Li Yi's serious expression, Zhuang Rou knew that there was no need to discuss this matter, so she could only curl her lips and sit back angrily.

Li Yi was helpless with this angry little girl, so he immediately asked Zhu Qilong to set up the car and go out.

Chen Hongyan was imprisoned, and the only way to see her was through people in the court. Li Yi didn't know many people in the capital, so there was nothing he could do. Fortunately, he met Lu Qianhu yesterday, and he happened to be able to help him.

Now we can only ask Lu Qianhu to help meet Chen Hongyan.

After getting on the carriage, Li Yi went to Lu Qianhu's house according to the address he passed yesterday.

But Lu Qianhu was still in the Yamen and didn't meet him.

There was no other way, Li Yi could only ask Zhu Qilong to drive a carriage to Fusi Yamen in Beizhen.

Zhenfusi is the office of Jinyiwei. Relying on the name of the emperor's personal guard, Jinyiwei can be said to have a reputation far and wide. Even the streets at the entrance of the yamen are inaccessible and somewhat desolate.
To be continued...